Download or read book Adjustment During the Eighties in Latin America Its Consequences on Income Distribution and on the Design of Social Policies written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty and Inequality in Latin America written by Samuel A. Morley and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 6. Determinants of changes in poverty
Download or read book Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America written by George Psacharopoulos and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly empirical analysis documents increase in poverty and worsening of income distribution during 1980s. Demonstrates that low levels of education increase incidence of poverty and income inequality. Data provided for individual countries. Valuable data reference source"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Download or read book Adjustment and Social Development in Latin America During the 1980s written by Monika Queisser and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detailed examination of impact of recent stabilization and adjustment policies on health, education, and social security in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay. Good source of data. Highly competent work"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Download or read book Facing Up to Inequality in Latin America written by Inter-American Development Bank and published by IDB. This book was released on 1998 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statistical appendix: pp. 203-282.
Download or read book Fiscal Redistribution and Income Inequality in Latin America written by Edwin Goni and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Income inequality in Latin America ranks among the highest in the world. It can be traced back to the unequal distribution of assets (especially land and education) in the region. But the extent to which asset inequality translates into income inequality depends on the redistributive capacity of the state. This paper documents the performance of Latin American fiscal systems from the perspective of income redistribution using newly-available information on the incidence of taxes and transfers across the region. The findings indicate that: (i) the differences in income inequality before taxes and transfers between Latin America and Western Europe are much more modest than those after taxes and transfers; (ii) the key reason is that, in contrast with industrial countries, in most Latin American countries the fiscal system is of little help in reducing income inequality; and (iii) in countries where fiscal redistribution is significant, it is achieved mostly through transfers rather than taxes. These facts stress the need for fiscal reforms across the region to further the goal of social equity. However, different countries need to place different relative emphasis on raising tax collection, restructuring the tax system, and improving the targeting of expenditures.
Download or read book Policies for Reducing Income Inequality written by Giovanni Andrea Cornia and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most Latin American countries, income inequality rose steadily during the 1980s and 1990s, and declined from 2002 to 2007. This paper analyzes the factors that could explain the changes to income inequality from 1990 to 2007, by focusing on external shocks and changes in domestic policies. Particular reference will be made to macroeconomic, educational and social policies introduced during recent years, and to the impact of the election of an increasing number of left-of-centre governments which have come to power during the last decade. This paper tests econometrically the importance of all these factors on data for 18 countries from 1990 to 1007. On the basis of this model, the paper estimates the income inequality level for the crisis years 2008 and 2009. The results suggest that a continuation of fiscally prudent distributive and redistributive policies, which have emerged in much of the region in the 2000s, should preserve most of the income inequality gains recorded in recent years.
Download or read book The Economic Development of Latin America in the Twentieth Century written by André A. Hofman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hofman, a researcher with the Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, uses growth accounting methods and previously unavailable long-term series data to assess the economic performance of the region during the century from a comparative and historical perspective. In particular he compares Latin American economies to those of advanced capitalist economies, to newly industrialized economies, and to Spain and Portugal because of the historical ties. He looks at the reasons for the poor or negative growth during the 1980s and the apparent recovery in the 1990s and at such problems as debt, income inequality, high inflation, cyclical instability, and political and policy instability. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Income Distribution in Latin America written by Alejandro Foxley and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1976-09-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monographic compilation of papers on income distribution in Latin America - examines distributive trends which benefit a privileged minority, describes income redistribution experiences, and discusses strategies and problems of redistribution. References and statistical tables.
Download or read book Poverty and Income Distribution in Latin America the Story of the 1980s written by World Bank and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tax Reforms and Equity in Latin America written by Ricardo Carciofi and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wage Inequality in Latin America written by Julián Messina and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-28 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What caused the decline in wage inequality of the 2000s in Latin America? Looking to the future, will the current economic slowdown be regressive? Wage Inequality in Latin America: Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future addresses these two questions by reviewing relevant literature and providing new evidence on what we know from the conceptual, empirical, and policy perspectives. The answer to the fi rst question can be broken down into several parts, although the bottom line is that the changes in wage inequality resulted from a combination of three forces: (a) education expansion and its eff ect on falling returns to skill (the supply-side story); (b) shifts in aggregate domestic demand; and (c) exchange rate appreciation from the commodity boom and the associated shift to the nontradable sector that changed interfi rm wage diff erences. Other forces had a non-negligible but secondary role in some countries, while they were not present in others. These include the rapid increase of the minimum wage and a rapid trend toward formalization of employment, which played a supporting role but only during the boom. Understanding the forces behind recent trends also helps to shed light on the second question. The analysis in this volume suggests that the economic slowdown is putting the brakes on the reduction of inequality in Latin America and will likely continue to do so—but it might not actually reverse the region’s movement toward less wage inequality.
Download or read book What is Behind Latin America s Declining Income Inequality written by Ms.Evridiki Tsounta and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Income inequality in Latin America has declined during the last decade, in contrast to the experience in many other emerging and developed regions. However, Latin America remains the most unequal region in the world. This study documents the declining trend in income inequality in Latin America and proposes various reasons behind this important development. Using a panel econometric analysis for a large group of emerging and developing countries, we find that the Kuznets curve holds. Notwithstanding the limitations in the dataset and of cross-country regression analysis more generally, our results suggest that almost two-thirds of the recent decline in income inequality in Latin America is explained by policies and strong GDP growth, with policies alone explaining more than half of this total decline. Higher education spending is the most important driver, followed by stronger foreign direct investment and higher tax revenues. Results suggest that policies and to some extent positive growth dynamics could play an important role in lowering inequality further.
Download or read book Government Spending and Income Distribution in Latin America written by Ricardo Hausmann and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Demographic Responses to Economic Adjustment in Latin America written by Georges Photios Tapinos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a collection of papers on the impact of economic fluctuations on mortality, fertility and labour markets in Latin America during the 1980s.
Download or read book Poverty and Inequality in Latin America written by Samuel A. Morley and published by . This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Facing Up to Inequality in Latin America written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
